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By
D.C. Witness Staff
- April 16, 2020
Daily Stories
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Between the hours of 8 p.m. on April 15 and 8 a.m. on April 16 there were a total of six crime alerts sent out by the Metropolitan Police Department.
At 1:55 a.m. on April 16 a robbery occurred on the 3600 block of 16th Street, NW. Police are looking for two suspects. One suspect is a black male, around 130 pounds with a slim build, dark complexion wearing a grey sweat shirt. The second suspect is a black male, with a flat top haircut, dark complexion wearing a black sweat shirt with hood and a Gucci belt. The suspects fled the scene in an unknown direction.
There was an alert for a shooting at 11:16 p.m. According to the alert there was a shooting on the unit block of M Street, NW. Police have advised to lookout for a black female as being a person of interest.
Two more alerts were for the same incident. The first alert was at 10:19 p.m. on April 15 in reference to a robbery on the Unit block of Taylor Street, NE. At 10:44 MPD released another alert saying that there actually was not a robbery.
Another alert was sent out at 10:12 p.m. that occurred on the 400 block of Chesapeake Street, SE. The lookout is for a black male weighing around 140 pounds, wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, and armed with a semi-automatic gun. The suspect was last seen fleeing in a stolen white 2007 Chevy Trailblazer along with a black Nissan Altima. However, at 1:12 a.m. police released and update saying this crime’s classification had been changed to an armed carjacking.